Patents by Inventor Robin Fletcher

Robin Fletcher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10977396
    Abstract: A technique includes determining at least one impulse response of a modeling and migration of at least one point scatterer in a target structure and based at least in part on the impulse response(s) and a reflection amplitude image, determining a model for at least part of the target structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stewart Archer, Robin Fletcher, Weijian Mao, David Nichols
  • Publication number: 20200294152
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for placing insurance coverage with insurers includes a broker user interface, and an insurer user interface for displaying a graphical representation of an insurance tower. The insurer user interface provides one or more insurers the ability to select, bid or request variants of the insurance tower. A blockchain system is used for authorizing one or more bids or variants in the insurance risk towers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: Intellectual Property Control Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Fletcher, Robin Fletcher, Curtis R. Droege
  • Publication number: 20200273111
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for placing insurance coverage with insurers includes a broker user interface, and an insurer user interface for displaying a graphical representation of an insurance tower. The insurer user interface provides one or more insurers the ability to select, bid or request variants of the insurance tower. A blockchain system is used for authorizing one or more bids or variants in the insurance risk towers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Intellectual Property Control Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Fletcher, Robin Fletcher, Curtis R. Droege
  • Patent number: 10295683
    Abstract: A method can include receiving input that specifies a type of partitionable pre-stack seismic data for a geologic environment and corresponding partitions; receiving an elastic model parameterized via elastic properties; generating synthetic seismic data for at least a portion of the geologic environment based at least in part on point spread functions and the elastic model; for the partitions, comparing the pre-stack seismic data and the generated synthetic seismic data; based at least in part on the comparing, updating the elastic model; and outputting values for at least one of the elastic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiang Du, Robin Fletcher
  • Patent number: 9964655
    Abstract: A technique includes determining an image of a subsurface geologic region of interest, where the image represents at least in part ghost energy that is attributable to reflections caused by a reflecting interface. The technique includes deghosting the image, which includes processing data representing the image in a processor-based machine to determine at least one impulse response of a modeling and migration of at least one point scatterer for the region and use the impulse response(s) to attenuate the ghost energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe Caprioli, Robin Fletcher, Xiang Du
  • Patent number: 9939543
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to methods for processing seismic data including enhancing seismic data generated by a seismic sensor. The methods may include receiving seismic data that had been acquired using the seismic sensor. The seismic data may include one or more first seismic data elements related to a first seismic event. The methods may include generating summands of the seismic data as an inner product of multiple seismic data elements associated with the first seismic data elements and one or more second seismic data elements. The second seismic data elements may be different than the first seismic data elements. The methods may further include enhancing the seismic data by estimating outliers in the summands of the inner product and replacing the outliers with interpolated values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Craig J. Beasley, Ian Moore, Robin Fletcher, Clara Castellanos Lopez
  • Publication number: 20170192118
    Abstract: A method can include receiving input that specifies a type of partitionable pre-stack seismic data for a geologic environment and corresponding partitions; receiving an elastic model parameterized via elastic properties; generating synthetic seismic data for at least a portion of the geologic environment based at least in part on point spread functions and the elastic model; for the partitions, comparing the pre-stack seismic data and the generated synthetic seismic data; based at least in part on the comparing, updating the elastic model; and outputting values for at least one of the elastic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Xiang Du, Robin Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20170192116
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to methods for processing seismic data including enhancing seismic data generated by a seismic sensor. The methods may include receiving seismic data that had been acquired using the seismic sensor. The seismic data may include one or more first seismic data elements related to a first seismic event. The methods may include generating summands of the seismic data as an inner product of multiple seismic data elements associated with the first seismic data elements and one or more second seismic data elements. The second seismic data elements may be different than the first seismic data elements. The methods may further include enhancing the seismic data by estimating outliers in the summands of the inner product and replacing the outliers with interpolated values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Craig J. Beasley, Ian Moore, Robin Fletcher, Clara Castellanos Lopez
  • Patent number: 9658353
    Abstract: A technique includes receiving data indicative of a wavefield in a processor-based system and processing the data on the processor-based system to generate a modeled wavefield. The processing includes varying boundary conditions of the modeled wavefield with respect to time to regulate coherent boundary reflections in the modeled wavefield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: WESTERNGECO L.L.C.
    Inventors: Johan O. A. Robertsson, Robin Fletcher
  • Patent number: 9513390
    Abstract: Systems and methods for compensating for spatial and slowness or angle blurring of plane-wave reflection coefficients in imaging. A wave field may be determined at a reference depth proximate to a reflector for a shot record. A receiver-side blurring function may be determined at the reference depth. An aggregate blurring function may be constructed based at least partially on the source wave field and the receiver-side blurring function. A plane-wave reflection coefficients may be determined based at least partially on the aggregate blurring function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: WESTERNGECO L.L.C.
    Inventors: Colin Thomson, Philip Kitchenside, Robin Fletcher
  • Publication number: 20160124103
    Abstract: Computing systems and methods for improving imaging of collected data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first wavefield is propagated to obtain a first wavefield history; the first wavefield is again propagated to obtain a second wavefield history, wherein the propagation includes integration of one or more Q-effects; a first attenuated traveltime history is estimated based at least in part on the first and second wavefield histories; a first Q-model filter is calculated based at least in part on the first estimated attenuated traveltime; and a first adjusted wavefield is generated based at least in part on application of the first Q-model filter to the first wavefield. In some embodiments, an image is generated based at least on a first adjusted wavefield and a second wavefield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Robin Fletcher, David Nichols, Maud Cavalca
  • Publication number: 20160125574
    Abstract: Systems and methods for compensating for spatial and slowness or angle blurring of plane-wave reflection coefficients in imaging. A wave field may be determined at a reference depth proximate to a reflector for a shot record. A receiver-side blurring function may be determined at the reference depth. An aggregate blurring function may be constructed based at least partially on the source wave field and the receiver-side blurring function. A plane-wave reflection coefficients may be determined based at least partially on the aggregate blurring function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Colin Thomson, Philip Kitchenside, Robin Fletcher
  • Patent number: 9201153
    Abstract: Computing systems and methods for improving imaging of collected data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first wavefield is propagated to obtain a first wavefield history; the first wavefield is again propagated to obtain a second wavefield history, wherein the propagation includes integration of one or more Q-effects; a first attenuated traveltime history is estimated based at least in part on the first and second wavefield histories; a first Q-model filter is calculated based at least in part on the first estimated attenuated traveltime; and a first adjusted wavefield is generated based at least in part on application of the first Q-model filter to the first wavefield. In some embodiments, an image is generated based at least on a first adjusted wavefield and a second wavefield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: WESTERNGECO L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robin Fletcher, David Nichols, Maud Cavalca
  • Publication number: 20150276957
    Abstract: A technique includes determining an image of a subsurface geologic region of interest, where the image represents at least in part ghost energy that is attributable to reflections caused by a reflecting interface. The technique includes deghosting the image, which includes processing data representing the image in a processor-based machine to determine at least one impulse response of a modeling and migration of at least one point scatterer for the region and use the impulse response(s) to attenuate the ghost energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Philippe Caprioli, Robin Fletcher, Xiang Du
  • Patent number: 9075160
    Abstract: To perform inversion to produce a model of a structure, a filtering operator based at least on an angle between a propagating direction of a source wavefield and a propagating direction of a back-propagated receiver wavefield is computed. The filtering operator is used in performing the inversion to produce the model of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Paul N. Childs, Robin Fletcher, Xiang Du, Eugene William Starr
  • Publication number: 20130294196
    Abstract: To perform inversion to produce a model of a structure, a filtering operator based at least on an angle between a propagating direction of a source wavefield and a propagating direction of a back-propagated receiver wavefield is computed. The filtering operator is used in performing the inversion to produce the model of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: WESTERNGECO L.L.C.
    Inventors: PAUL N. CHILDS, ROBIN FLETCHER, XIANG DU, EUGENE WILLIAM STARR
  • Publication number: 20130185032
    Abstract: A technique includes determining at least one impulse response of a modeling and migration of at least one point scatterer in a target structure and based at least in part on the impulse response(s) and a reflection amplitude image, determining a model for at least part of the target structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: WESTERNGECO L.L.C.
    Inventors: STEWART ARCHER, ROBIN FLETCHER, WEIJIAN MAO, DAVID NICHOLS
  • Publication number: 20130107665
    Abstract: Computing systems and methods for improving imaging of collected data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first wavefield is propagated to obtain a first wavefield history; the first wavefield is again propagated to obtain a second wavefield history, wherein the propagation includes integration of one or more Q-effects; a first attenuated traveltime history is estimated based at least in part on the first and second wavefield histories; a first Q-model filter is calculated based at least in part on the first estimated attenuated traveltime; and a first adjusted wavefield is generated based at least in part on application of the first Q-model filter to the first wavefield. In some embodiments, an image is generated based at least on a first adjusted wavefield and a second wavefield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: ROBIN FLETCHER, David Nichols, Maud Cavalca
  • Publication number: 20120221248
    Abstract: Methods and computing systems are disclosed to enhance imaging of acquired data. In one embodiment, a method is performed that includes receiving acquired data that corresponds to the medium; computing a first wavefield by injecting a noise; and computing the cumulative illumination by auto-correlating the first wavefield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: CAN EVREN YARMAN, ROBIN FLETCHER
  • Patent number: 8194498
    Abstract: A technique includes modeling a seismic wavefield in a vertical transversely isotropic media as a second order derivative of a first wavefield function with respect to a vertical direction and not with respect to crossline and inline directions and as second order derivatives of a second wave field function with respect to the inline and crossline directions and not with respect to the vertical direction. The method includes processing seismic measurements of the media in accordance with the modeled seismic wavefield to obtain information about the media. In another technique, a seismic wavefield in a tilted transversely isotropic media are modeled based at least in part on orientation of the symmetry axis and a nonzero shear velocity for the media; and seismic measurements of the media are processed in accordance with the modeled seismic wavefield to obtain information associated with the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: Xiang Du, Robin Fletcher